What a fun hunt that we will never forget! My wife Beverly was selected for a quality mule deer hunt here in Washington state. Friday night we arrived in town and my sister Jesica came over and hunted opening day with us. Beverly was having issues and not feeling well, crohns can absolutely deplete a persons activity level. We saw lots of deer, including a goofy 3x1 that Jesica spotted. Neat buck, but wasn’t a day 1 shooter. Jesica had to leave Saturday evening and so that left just Beverly and I to hunt the rest of the hunt. This morning we ended up seeing 5 does and 1 dinky 2 pt. We finished the morning hunt, went and did our Normal and then headed out for the evening hunt at 3:00 pm. Arriving to our new spot we hiked out to a sand dune that I wanted to sit at for the evening. We saw 5 does off to our right 800 yards away and I was keeping a close eye on them seeing if maybe a buck would come up from behind. While watching them all of a sudden I hear Beverly say, there’s a buck! Big buck! I quickly get on it with the spotting scope, get the range with the rangefinder, dial the scope and tell her I’m good to go. One perfect shot at 369 yards and the buck was down! We were able to get over to it, take our photos and have it packed up and back to the truck before dark. Such a special hunt and quality memories that we will have for ever! We were blessed!
